Schumer gambled that he had the votes without knowing how Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) would vote on the nomination for Lauren McFerran. Both voted "No" on a crucial ...

Joe Manchin as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Biden’s decision, announced earlier ...

Manchin, 77, a lifelong Democrat before becoming an independent in mid-2024, is retiring after 14 years as a key swing vote in the Senate. Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) praised him as ...

Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema ... 50 against ending debate and proceeding to a vote on her reconfirmation. Schumer said in a statement following the failed cloture vote: "It is deeply ...

Democratic lawmakers, like Schumer, took a dim view of the vote. Some directed their anger directly at Manchin and Sinema. “Shortchanging workers is a bad way to leave,” Rep. Mark Pocan ...

They vote down a new five-year term for an NLRB union favorite.

“Some of the happiest times I have had in the Senate were on Joe Manchin’s boat,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The New York leader recently took to the Senate floor to thank ...

In a lame duck effort, President Biden and Senate Democrats tried to reconfirm National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran, a Democrat, to another five-year term, and thereby solidify a ...